Who wants to be normal anyway?

So, you know how when you take most kids shopping they want the standard things? Oh, I don't know, like a book, or a ball, or candy? I have taken my nieces shopping many times when they were little and had to buy them candy so they would quit screaming in the store. Well now that I have a little one of my own, I knew to expect tantrums. But does Bennett throw a fit for the typical toy or bag of skittles? Oh, no! My daughter had a "come apart" in the store today because she wanted a box of Arm and Hammer Pet Fresh Odor Eliminator. That's right. As she was being pushed down the aisle, she saw the box. Then she saw the dog on the box. Then she yelled, "Kirbeeeeee." Then she barked like a dog. Then she cried. Loudly.

Rob decided that we needed a box anyway, so he handed it to her. You would have thought that Willy Wonka had just given her a golden ticket. She laughed and laughed and said, "Tank you, tank you, tank you," and clutched the Arm and Hammer the whole trip. She screamed when we had to put it on the belt to pay for it. The guy checking us out thought I was insane when we asked him not to bag the Arm and Hammer, but to hand it to our one year old.

To make things crazier, she noticed the soda. My Mom drinks Diet Dr. Pepper. All the time!! You will never see her without a can nearby. So now whenever Bennett sees a can of diet Dr. Pepper she says, "Suttle." (That's what she calls my Mom whose last name is Suttle.) While she was melting down in the checkout line she looked to her right and saw the little fridge filled with sodas that every checkout line has. She started saying, "Suttle" repeatedly when she saw the diet Dr. Pepper. Then she would cry out, "Kirbeeeee" for the Arm and Hammer. Then would bark like a dog.

Like I said, who wants to be normal anyway?